Lock.



Patented Jan. 30, I900. L. FAUST.

LOCK.

(Application filed July 14, 1899.)

(No Model.)

STATES LEVIN FAUST, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.

LOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 642,217, dated January30, 1900.

Application filed July 14, 1899. Serial No. 723,831. (No model.)

To (bi/. whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEVIN FAUsT, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Rockford, in the county of Winnebago and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Locks, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of locks which is known in the locktrade as mortiselocks and it consists of certain new and usef ulfeatures of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fullydescribed, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification, Figures 1 and 2 are side Views of counterpart plates thatform the case of the lock. Figs. 3 and 4 are like views of the plateshown in Fig. 2, showing the operative parts of the lock arranged inoperative position and relation thereon. Fig. 5 is an end view of thecompleted lock. Fig. 6 is an end view of a socket for receiving the boltof the lock.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views.

A B are counterpart plates having opposite recesses A B in the innerfaces thereof and opposite recesses A B in the bottoms of the recesses AB, one of such plates, B, being provided with a bolt-stopping lug Bspringsupporting lugs B B and a keyhole B.

G is a bolt adapted to be contained and slid in the recesses A B in theplates A B and provided with stopping-detents C O and an actuating-lug CD is a curved spring confined endwise between the supporting-lugs B B onthe plate B and holding the bolt 0 into engagement with thebolt-stopping lug 13 E is a rivet securing the plates A B to= gether.

F is a key which is inserted into the lock in such a manner that the bitthereof will enter the horizontal slot of the keyhole B. After the samehas been turned to the position shown in Fig. 4 it may be withdrawn, thebit thereof passing out of the vertical slot of such keyhole.

l claim In alock, in combination, counterpart plates A B, havingopposite recesses, A B, in the in ner faces thereof, and oppositerecesses, A B in the bottoms of the recesses A B, one of such platesbeing provided with a bolt-stopping lug, B spring-supporting lugs, 13' Band a keyhole B, a bolt 0, adapted to be con tained and slid in therecesses, A B, in the plates, A B, and provided with stopping-detents, 0C and an actuating-lug O and a spring D confined endwise between thesupporting-lugs, B B on the plate B, and holding the bolt G intoengagement with the boltstopping lug B substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

LEVIN FAUST.

Witnesses:

W. W. MORRISON, NELLIE BUNKER.

